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- TEMPORARY BINDER. No. 414,794. Patented Nov. 12, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

I GEORGE v. oLIEEoRnoE NEW YORK, N. v.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 4 14,794, dated November 12, 18,89.

Application led August 3l, 1888. Serial No. 28428026- (No model.)

. To all when@ it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE V. CLIFFORD, of the city, county, and State of New York7 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Temporary Binders, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to temporary files or binders for filing letters, bills, invoices, and other papers either while the same are accumulating or after they have been finally filed away.

The objects of the invention are to facilitate the insertion and removal of papers and to provide a construction having greater capabilities of use to meet the ditferin g requirements of different office systems than those heretofore made.

In its specic features my invention relates to binders of that class where the papers to be filed are impaled upon receiving-pins, and after a sufficient number have accumulated to render it desirable to file them away in substantially permanent manner they are slipped off from the receiving-pins onto carrier-pins, and while held on the latter are transferred to a binding-case' or book provided With receiving-pins, onto which the papers are retransferred from the carrier-pins, so that without disturbing their order they are transferred from the accumulating-file to the permanent tiling-case. This permanent tiling-case consists of two parts-an outer case or box, usually of vpasteboard, and a filing book or coveifwhich is slipped into the outer case. This tiling-book is provided with the receiving-pins on which the papers are finally deposited, and which are connected to it through the medium of a removable baseplate, which may be detached from the cover at will, carrying the papers with it.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure l is a perspective view showing the tiling cover or book with my invention applied to it. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a section thereof cut in the plane of the line 3 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing the oarrier elevated. Fig. is a side elevation of the filing-cover closed, the outer case or box into which it is thrust being shown in dotted lines slipped partly over it. Fig. 6 is a section of the closed tiling-cover cut on the line 6 G in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the carrier detached. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary section corresponding to Fig. 5, and showing a detail of construction.

Let A designate the tiling cover or book, of

- which A is the back, A2 the bottom, and A3 the top. This cover is of the same construction as heretofore, as is also the outer case or box B. (Shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5.) The back A of the case is provided with metal plates ca a, under the approaching 'edges of which is slipped a metal plate C, as

heretofore, so that this plate C is rendered removable. The back C of this plate is turned up. The bottom A2 is provided with similar fastening-plates I) b, between which in like manner is -hold a base-plate D, the upper edge of which is turned up at D. 0n the base-plate D are mounted rigidly two receiving-pins E E, which are preferably tubular and pass entirely through the baseplate or register, with holes therein, as shown in Fig. 3. The purpose of this tubular arrangement, which is common in binders of this class, is to enable the papers which are impaledvon the receiving-pins to be fastened together by means of ribbons or cords passed through the holes in the receiving-pins, so that the papers can be thus fastened and removed entirely from the binder Without disturbing theirorder or relative arrangement. On the base-plate Dis erected a rigid Wall or gage-plate F, standing perpendicular to the plane of the base-plate parallel to the back of the binder and somewhat in the rear of the receiving-pins. This plate F is formed on its front with overhanging vertical guideways f f, and at its top it is turned over toward the front to forni hooks e e. The guides f fterminate somewhat below the hooks e e., thereby leaving a space CZ between them, as shown in Fig. 6.

The carrier G, which is shown detached in Fig. 7, is preferably made by bending wire into the shape there shown, although it may be made in part of other materials in place of wire. The two Vends c c of the Wire are bent downwardly and are of such proportions as to freely enter the upper ends of the tubular receiving pins E E. Beyond these ends the wire is bent directly backward at h h, and thence directly downward at 7l t'. tions h z' are transfer-hooks,onto which, when the carrier is in place'y as shown in Fig. l, the papers which are impaled on the receiving- IOO pins E E may be slid back. The papers may be thus slid back onto the upper portions 7L 7l, or farther over onto the back portions/L' i, whichever may be most convenient. The portions t' i extend down to the level of thebaseplate D, at which point the wires are bent toward the front at jj for a sufcient distance to bring them directly in front ot the gageplate F, whereupon they are bent horizontally toward eachother at 7s 7.: a sufficient distance to bring them into the vertical guideways ff, whereupon they are bent upwardly at l l far enough to clear the top of the guide-plate F. Any further bending of the wires is immaterial; but in pi'actice it is preferable to loop them downwardly at m, as shown, so that this portion fm, which is the middle of the wire, shall rest against the front of the guide-plate F, between the guides ff.

When the carrier G is applied in place, its hooked ends c c are held in the bores oi the tubular pins E E, its vertical portions Z l are confined by the guideways f f on the gageplate, its bottom portions la jrest 011 thebaseplate D, the portion 7n standing against the front of the guide-plate F, and the lower portion of the vertical. parts t' t' rests against the upturned back edge D of the base-plate, the latter being best shown in Fig. Thus the carrier is securely held in place.

When the binder is being used as a receiving-file, or when for any other purpose itis desired to add some papers, the receiving-pins are rendered accessible by sliding the carrier G bodily upward, as shown in Fig. et, until its points c c stand above the tops of the receiving-pins, so that the papers may be inserted between them and impaled on the receiving-pins. It it is desired to insert the new papers under some of the papers already iiled, the latter will be slid up backwardly onto the portoins lt 7L or t' fi of the carrier before the latter is elevated, whereupon the new papers may be tiled on, and then by pressing down the carrier to its place the old papers may be slid from the carrier onto the receiving-pins. Thus my apparatus answers the purpose of a receiving-tile, the carrier G serving as the transfer-hooks heretofore used with such files onto which temporarily to transfer the papers from the receiving-hooks in order to get access to any paper in the middle or at the bottom of the pile. For this use the top A3 and back A of the cover may be dispensed with as being superfluous, and the cover-bottom A? may be made as a solid or rigid back board, such as that shown in my application Serial No. 247,728, filed Angust 2i, 1887. In this case the base-plate D may be fastened permanently to or made a part of the back board.

Then the carrier iis slid up to it.r4 highest position, its horizontal portions lr k are caught by the hooks e c on the top of the gage-plate, thereby preventing the lifting ott ot' the carrier, but permitting the carrier to be swung backward, the portions 7a 7.1 of the wire serving as pintles er journals, turning in the hooks ee as half-bearings. The carrier may thus be swung up as far as the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, which brings its portions `i horizontal and its portions 71. vertical, at which position it is stopped by the portions striking against the top edge of the uptnrned portion D of the base-plate D, as clearly shown in Fig. The carrier maybe thus turned back after thepapers have been transferred or slid over onto it from the receivingpins and while the papers are standing either on its portions 71, or on its portions lVhen it is desired to restore the carrier, it is turned up to a vertical position again and then pushed down vertically to its former position.

The carrier may be separated from the guideplate by being slid up nearly to its uppermost positiomand until its portions 7i: kstand at the level of the openings (l between the hooks e and guides f, whereupon by a slight forward movement it is passed out through these openings (l, and is thus detached from the guide-plate. This capability of the carrier is useful when it is desired to transfer the papers from the receiving-file to the binding or permanent tile, in which they are fin ally filed away. In such case, the earrierbeingin place on the receiving-le, the papers which it is desired to transfer are slid over onto the carrier, andthe carrier is elevated and detached and then carried to the filingease or binder and applied in place thereon,where upon, on bringing its points c c into the ends of the receiving-pins ot the binder, the papers can be retransferred from the carrier to the receiving-pins of the binder. This operation may be repeated, it' desired, in order to bring diierent lots or groups of papers from diiters ent temporary receiving-tiles and superpose them all upon the one final tile or binder. The carrier G is then left in the final tile or binder and constitutes a part thereof.v

"hen the book or cover A is closed,as shown in Fig. 5, the plate C is turned up parallel with and close against the back portions y of the carrier, and with its upturned edge (1 closely overlying and bearing upon the top portions 7L 7L of the carrier, and the top A" of the cover turns down close against this upturned edge or flange C and rests upon the top portions 71. 71 of the carrier. The carrier, being rectangular in the relative arrange ment of its portions h, i, and j, serves as a frame for holding the sections of the book or cover A in proper relative positioinas elearl y indicated in Fig. 5. The upturned back edge or iiange D of the plate D also serves, by coming against the back portion et' the plates d a and of the removable plates, to hold the back A properly at right angles to the bottom A2. lVhen the book or cover is closed, the carrier G cannot become disconnected from the receiving-pins, because it cannot be displaced upwardly, since it isheld down by the top cover A, and when the book IOO IIO

is thrust into the filing-case B the covers cannot be opened.

It will be observed that the portions m Z Z 7c k of the carrier G stand in one plane, which is parallel with and intermediate of the plane of the portions t' Z in the rear and of the points c c in the front. The space between these planes should be suiiicient to afford a suitable margin for the papers to be filed. The top of the portion m. Z Z may extend up somewhat closer to the horizont-al plane of the portions Zz hthan the distance between the intermediate vertical plane m Z Z and the planes t' or c.

The removability of the base-plate D, b slipping it ont backwardly from its engagement wit-h the slide-plates b b, enables the essential portions of the binder-viz., the receiving-pins and transfer-pins or carrier and their connections-to be removed bodily from the book or cover A, without disturbing` in any manner the arrangement of the papers filed thereon and with the minimum of trouble or labor. This capability has been before realized in binders wherein the essential parts are mounted on a base-plate attached to the back A .in the same position as the plate C in my binder, but notin any temporary binder prior to my invention wherein the base-plate has been attached to the bottom cover A2. Its attachment to this cover avoids the inconvenience inseparable from its attachment to `the back A in that when opened the papers will not lie parallel with the bottom cover unless the back cover is held perpendicular thereto. With my improved construction the position of the papers relatively to the bottom cover is not altered when the filing-book is opened and the back A is turned down at, where it is completely out of the way.

For a temporary binder in which it is not desired to transfer the papers from one separate file or binder to another the carrier G need not be made removable from the baseplate -to which the receiving-pins are fixed. To effect this, the guides f f on the plate F may be extended a little higher than shown in Fig. 6, so as to close or partially close the gap d. In such case the carrier G will no longer possess those capabilities of a carrier which are incidental to its removability from the receiving-file,7 in order that it shall serve to carry the filed papers away, in order to transfer them to some other place. Hence in such case the carrier will consist merely.

of the two transfer-pins, onto which the filed papers may be slid from the receiving-pins, and the necessary connection intervening be tween its two transfer-pins, the construction of which may be varied indefinitely. Either as thus modified or when of the construction first described the transfer-pins are removable bodily upward or perpendicular-ly away from the base-plate, and in addition thereto, after being thus liftedthe necessary distance, they are capable of being turned backward to throw them outof the way.

My invention provides, as I believe, the first file or temporary binder in which the transfer pins or hooks are mounted to slide up in a vertical slideway, so that they move bodily upward in order to separate their points from the points of the receiving-pins. This feature of my invention may be applied in many different modified constructions, which may be readily designed by any practical mechanic. If the capacity for turning the transfer-pins backward is not desired in any instance, this feature of my invention may be omitted.

Although I have shown the points c c of the transfer-pins arranged to enter the bores or recesses in the receiving-pins, which is the customary arrangement in binders of this general class, nevertheless it will be understood that any other known or equivalent way of fitting the points of the respective pins together at their coincidence may be substituted for that shown. It is only essential that-the points of the receiving and of the transfer pins shall coincide.

It will be understood that the curve by which the horizontal portion 7L joins the vertical portion i may be made of larger or smaller radius, as convenience or judgment may dictate.

I claim as my invention the following-defined novel features or combinations, substantially as hereinabove specified, viz:

l. In a temporary binder, the combination, with a base-plate having fixed receiving-pins, of transfer-pins arranged with their points normally in 'coincidence with those of the receiving-pins and constructed relatively to the base-plate to slide upwardly perpendicularly thereto, and a pivotal connection between the base-plate and transfer-pins normally out of engagement, but arranged to engage upon the lifting of the transfer-pins, whereby the transfer-pins after being lifted may be turned back.

2. In a temporary binder, a base-plate having fixed receiving-pins and constructed with perpendicular slideways approximately parallel with the receiving-pins, and with transfer-pins fixed together and having a sliding portion working in said slideway, whereby they are adapted to slide upwardly to expose the points of the receiving-pins..

3. In a temporary binder, a base-plate having fixed receiving-pins and constructed with perpendicular slideways and partial bearings formed thereon, combined with transfer-pins having a sliding portion working in said slideway and formed with a pivotal journal adapted, when the transfer-pins are lifted, to enter said partial bearing, whereupon the transfer-pins may be turned back.

4. In a temporary binder, the base-plate having fixed receiving-pins and a perpendicular gage-plate having slideways' and ,formed with the hooked bearing e above said slideways, combined with transfer-pins having a sliding portion working in said slideway and formed with a pivotal portion Zt, arranged normally beneath said hooked bear- IOO IIO

ing and adapted when the transfer-pins are lifted to enter said bearing, whereupon the transfer-pins may be turned back 5. In a temporary binder, a base-plate having fixed receiving-pins and a perpendicular gage-plate constructed with vertical guideways and with hooked partial bearings e e above said guideways, in combination with transfer-pins having a sliding' portion working in ""said slideways and pivotal portions 7.: 7s on each side thereof, and arranged normally beneath said hooked portions, whereby upon lifting the transfer-pins said pivotal portions k r engage with said hooked portions e e.

(3. In a temporarybinder, the combination, with a base-plate having fixed receiving-pins an d constructed with perpen dicula r slideways, of a carrier having transfer-pins arranged with their points normally in coincidence with those of the receiving-pins, formed with a sliding'portion working in said slideways, and constructed to be separable therefrom, whereby on transferring papers from the rcceiving to the transfer pins the carrier holding said papers may be detached from the binder and transferred with the papers to some other location.

7. In a temporary binder, the combination, with a base-plate having fixed receiving-pins, of a carrier formed with transfer-pins connected together and arranged with their points normally in coincidence with those of the receiving-pins, and constructed to have an up-and-down motion relatively to the baseplate and to be locked thereto when pressed down and separable therefrom when elevated, whereby on being separated therefrom the carrier may be transferred with the papers to some other location.

8. A carrier for a temporary binder, formed of wire with its points turned downwardly, and the wire extended thence upwardly and thence downwardly to form transfer-pins, and the intermediate portion of the wire extended laterally to form Apivotal journals, and a portion thereof between said journals extended vertically to form a slide.

9. A carrier for a temporarybinder, formed with its end portions constituting transferpins and with its vertical portions in three planes, the ends of thepins turned downwardly in one plane at the front, the rear portion of the transfer-pins occupyingl a parallel plane at the rear, and the carrier formed` forming slideways fixed to its bottom cover, of a sliding base-plate adapted to enter said slideways and the receiving and transfer-pins mounted 011 said base-plate, whereby said pins are connected to the back portion of the bottom cover.

l2. In a temporary binder, the combination, with a foldingfilecover orbook,of the receiving-pins projecting perpendicularly from the bot-tom cover, and transfer-pins mounted in said slideways and adapted to slide perpendicularly upward to expose the points of the receiving-pins and formed to fill the interior of the back portion of the book when the latter is closed, whereby the top cover by being closed upon the transfer-pins, prevents the lifting thereof.

13. In a temporary binder, the con'lbination, with a folding tile case or book, of receivingpins projecting perpendicularly from the bottom cover thereof, transfer-pins constructed of rectangular form and extending to the back cover, and an npturned langeD at the back of the bottom cover projecting perpendicularly against the back of the transfer-pins and forming a guide therefor.

It. In a temporary binder, the combination, with a folding file case or book, of receivingpins projecting perpendicnlarly from the bottom cover thereof near the back, transferpins of rectangular form filling the back portion of the cover, and a plate C, attached to the back cover and having a flange G turned u p vertically in position to overlie the top of the transfer-pins when the book is closed.

15. In a temporary binder, the coinliination, with a base-platehaving fixed receiving-pins, of transfer-pins pivotally connected thereto, so as to be turned back on an axis raised above the plane of the base-plate, and an up wardly-projeeting plate D at the rear of said base-plate, adapted to form a stop against which the transfer-pins rest when turned back, whereby they are held in position above the base-plate.

I6. In a temporary bind er, the combination, with a base-plate having fixed receiving-pins, of transfer-pins of rectangular form connected to the base-plate by a sliding connection, whereby they are adapted to move up or down, and by a pivotal connection, whereby when elevated they may be turned back, and an upwardly-projeeting plate D at the rear of said base-plate, arranged against the rear of the transfer-pins when they are in their normal position and extending up to the proper height to form a stop for limiting the movement of said pins when they arc turned back.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing TOO IIO 

